The Microdata Analysis System at the U.S. Census Bureau

摘要

The U.S. Census Bureau collects its survey and census data under Title 13 of the U. S. code, which promises to protect the confidentiality of our respondents. The agency has the responsibility to release high quality data products without violating the confidentiality of our respondents. This paper discuses a Microdata Analysis System (MAS) that is currently under development at the Census Bureau. We begin by discussing the reason for developing a MAS, and answer some questions about the MAS. We next give a brief overview of the MAS and the confidentiality rules within the system. The rest of this paper gives an overview of the evaluation of the universe subsampling routine in the MAS known as the Drop Q Rule. We conclude with some remarks on future research.